After fast development, RFID technology is now being widely adopted, especially in logistic. International retailers, such as WalMart, Metro and Tesco, lead in adopting RFID technology and commonly employ EPC (Electronic Product Code) as the identifier of objects such as logistic pallets and containers to assist in integrating the information produced by logistic operations.
However, the complicated logistic procedure can still embed hidden errors caused by operational overlook or human negligence. Specifically handling these unusual errors requires extra efforts that may cause major financial losses.
This research presents the architecture of a logistic reasoning framework that applied the EPC global standard in the logistic domain. The architecture is supported by a logistic ontology which combines semantic information integrated by Protégé with logistic rules developed by Jess, an expert system development programming language. This implementation can be installed in logistic systems capable of reasoning while understanding the meaning of logistic operation data. It is anticipated that this approach should enhance the efficiency of the whole logistic operation and the time and cost of discovering potential problems can be reduced.